Mapaha Surname
Approximately 760 people bear this surname
Mapaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 681 | 1:7,326 | 1,116 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mapaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mapaha (Arabic: مابهه) occurs most in The Congo. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapaha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 448,102nd most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,588,876 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mapaha reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Mapaha is most frequently used in The Congo, where it is held by 681 people, or 1 in 7,326. In The Congo it is primarily concentrated in: Niari Department, where 49 percent reside, Pointe-Noire Department, where 38 percent reside and Brazzaville Department, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account The Congo this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mapaha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mapaha in the Arabic language | ||
| مابهه | mabhh | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mapaha
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